Ozan Aksoy
@aksoyundan.bsky.social
Professorial Fellow @ Nuffield College & Associate Professor in Sociology @ University of Oxford. PhD Uni Utrecht, BA Bogazici Uni | (Natural) Experimental Methods, Stats, Politics and Religion
https://www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/people/profiles/ozan-aksoy/
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November 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Very happy informing y'all that I won the 2025 Distinguished Publication Prize of the European Academy of Sociology, for my ASR paper of last year. #EAS. My paper is here, open access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... . The link to EAS: www.european-academy-sociology.eu/publication-...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Very happy informing y'all that I won the 2025 Distinguished Publication Prize of the European Academy of Sociology, for my ASR paper of last year. #EAS. My paper is here, open access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... . The link to EAS: www.european-academy-sociology.eu/publication-...
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✨🥳 We’re delighted to announce the new Anthony Heath Scholarship, supporting UK students on the MSc in Sociology!
🧑🎓 Covering fees + a living stipend, it honours our first Head of Department, Professor Anthony Heath.
Find out more ➡️ www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/oxfo...
🧑🎓 Covering fees + a living stipend, it honours our first Head of Department, Professor Anthony Heath.
Find out more ➡️ www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/oxfo...
November 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
✨🥳 We’re delighted to announce the new Anthony Heath Scholarship, supporting UK students on the MSc in Sociology!
🧑🎓 Covering fees + a living stipend, it honours our first Head of Department, Professor Anthony Heath.
Find out more ➡️ www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/oxfo...
🧑🎓 Covering fees + a living stipend, it honours our first Head of Department, Professor Anthony Heath.
Find out more ➡️ www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/oxfo...
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📢 Join us TOMORROW for an online info session about applying to the MPhil in Sociology & Demography! 👨🎓
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November 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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LAST CALL! #Sociology Professorships in Copenhagen, Denmark!
We're hiring 2+ open-rank profs (Asst/Assoc/Full). Any area.
Deadline: this Saturday, Nov 15!
Join a leading European sociology department. Please repost!
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We're hiring 2+ open-rank profs (Asst/Assoc/Full). Any area.
Deadline: this Saturday, Nov 15!
Join a leading European sociology department. Please repost!
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Call for two or more open-rank academic positions in Sociology
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November 9, 2025 at 8:08 AM
LAST CALL! #Sociology Professorships in Copenhagen, Denmark!
We're hiring 2+ open-rank profs (Asst/Assoc/Full). Any area.
Deadline: this Saturday, Nov 15!
Join a leading European sociology department. Please repost!
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We're hiring 2+ open-rank profs (Asst/Assoc/Full). Any area.
Deadline: this Saturday, Nov 15!
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Looking forward to the talk below on beards, religion, signals, and other things including evidence-based grooming ;) Do come along if you are around at UCL.
Tomorrow Tuesday @UCLanthropology evo anth seminar: Ozan Aksoy 'Hair speaks: social context and the interpretation of religious signals such as veiling and beards'. DFL 3.30-5pm followed by🍷 All welcome
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Evolutionary Anthropology seminars
Exploring the evolutionary roots of human behaviour, biology, and culture through interdisciplinary research and debate.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Looking forward to the talk below on beards, religion, signals, and other things including evidence-based grooming ;) Do come along if you are around at UCL.
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📢 We're looking for a full-time Research Assistant to work with Prof @aksoyundan.bsky.social on a project evaluating the DfE's Fundamental British Values initiative.
🌟 Perfect for those who've done an undergrad in sociology, politics or economics!
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🌟 Perfect for those who've done an undergrad in sociology, politics or economics!
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November 5, 2025 at 10:03 AM
📢 We're looking for a full-time Research Assistant to work with Prof @aksoyundan.bsky.social on a project evaluating the DfE's Fundamental British Values initiative.
🌟 Perfect for those who've done an undergrad in sociology, politics or economics!
🔗➡️ my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
🌟 Perfect for those who've done an undergrad in sociology, politics or economics!
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Delighted to announce we are advertising our first academic post in the Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods (CASSM). The position is Associate Professor in Politics, Technology and Computational Social Science and is joint with Politics, the Oxford Internet Institute, and Reuben College 1/n
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November 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Delighted to announce we are advertising our first academic post in the Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods (CASSM). The position is Associate Professor in Politics, Technology and Computational Social Science and is joint with Politics, the Oxford Internet Institute, and Reuben College 1/n
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🚨We’re hiring! The Max Weber Institute in beautiful Heidelberg seeks a W3 Professor of Sociology (focus: sociological theory) who connects well with the department’s focus on comparative sociology adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD... Happy to answer any questions! #Sociology #socsky
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October 31, 2025 at 1:48 PM
🚨We’re hiring! The Max Weber Institute in beautiful Heidelberg seeks a W3 Professor of Sociology (focus: sociological theory) who connects well with the department’s focus on comparative sociology adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD... Happy to answer any questions! #Sociology #socsky
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October 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Can education shape how we see ourselves as British?
Join @aksoyundan.bsky.social & @buraksonmez.bsky.social on 30 Oct, 12-1pm, as they explore how the FBV policy has shaped national identity & democratic values.
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#SRI #Education #belonging
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Join @aksoyundan.bsky.social & @buraksonmez.bsky.social on 30 Oct, 12-1pm, as they explore how the FBV policy has shaped national identity & democratic values.
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#SRI #Education #belonging
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Education and national identity: Evidence from the fundamental British values policy
Join this event to hear Professor Ozan Aksoy and Professor Burak Sonmez discuss whether national identity and democratic values are shaped by education.
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October 29, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Can education shape how we see ourselves as British?
Join @aksoyundan.bsky.social & @buraksonmez.bsky.social on 30 Oct, 12-1pm, as they explore how the FBV policy has shaped national identity & democratic values.
tinyurl.com/3ynfw3hw
#SRI #Education #belonging
@sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
Join @aksoyundan.bsky.social & @buraksonmez.bsky.social on 30 Oct, 12-1pm, as they explore how the FBV policy has shaped national identity & democratic values.
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#SRI #Education #belonging
@sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
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For us, this journey toward explaining *surprising macro outcomes* took many years. Grateful to my amazing co-authors, @martinarvidsson.bsky.social and Peter Hedström, and to all the reviewers who supported us along the way
🚀Out now: sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
🚀Out now: sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
October 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
For us, this journey toward explaining *surprising macro outcomes* took many years. Grateful to my amazing co-authors, @martinarvidsson.bsky.social and Peter Hedström, and to all the reviewers who supported us along the way
🚀Out now: sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
🚀Out now: sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
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Anti-abortion politics & changes in abortion, miscarriage & stillbirth across time and social strata in Turkey
doi.org/10.55016/ojs...
Paper in @cphjournal.bsky.social by @selinkoksal.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow Francesco Billari & Fellow @aksoyundan.bsky.social
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Paper in @cphjournal.bsky.social by @selinkoksal.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow Francesco Billari & Fellow @aksoyundan.bsky.social
Anti-abortion politics and changes in abortion, miscarriage, and stillbirth across time and social strata in Turkey | Journal of Critical Public Health
Abortion has been legal without restriction in Turkey since 1983. However, the government’s anti-abortion campaign in 2012 has resulted in significant restrictions on abortion services, particularly…
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October 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Anti-abortion politics & changes in abortion, miscarriage & stillbirth across time and social strata in Turkey
doi.org/10.55016/ojs...
Paper in @cphjournal.bsky.social by @selinkoksal.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow Francesco Billari & Fellow @aksoyundan.bsky.social
doi.org/10.55016/ojs...
Paper in @cphjournal.bsky.social by @selinkoksal.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow Francesco Billari & Fellow @aksoyundan.bsky.social
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What happens when abortion access becomes restricted even without a law officially passing?
With Francesco Billari and @aksoyundan.bsky.social, we investigated how incidence of abortion, miscarriage and stillbirth changed under the anti-abortion campaign in Turkey.
With Francesco Billari and @aksoyundan.bsky.social, we investigated how incidence of abortion, miscarriage and stillbirth changed under the anti-abortion campaign in Turkey.
October 22, 2025 at 10:18 AM
What happens when abortion access becomes restricted even without a law officially passing?
With Francesco Billari and @aksoyundan.bsky.social, we investigated how incidence of abortion, miscarriage and stillbirth changed under the anti-abortion campaign in Turkey.
With Francesco Billari and @aksoyundan.bsky.social, we investigated how incidence of abortion, miscarriage and stillbirth changed under the anti-abortion campaign in Turkey.
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📢 Calling all Oxford academics doing sociological research!
If you’re faculty, a researcher or DPhil student at @ox.ac.uk or Oxford Brookes, join our community for collaboration & knowledge exchange across sociology & related fields 🎓
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September 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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🚨 Job alert: Postdoc at NYU Abu Dhabi. You’ll uncover how group boundaries form online using virtual experiments + digital trace data and work with a fantastic trio: Mario Molina, Minsu Park & Blaine Robbins. Apply by 1 Nov 2025. 👇🏼
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September 22, 2025 at 8:10 AM
🚨 Job alert: Postdoc at NYU Abu Dhabi. You’ll uncover how group boundaries form online using virtual experiments + digital trace data and work with a fantastic trio: Mario Molina, Minsu Park & Blaine Robbins. Apply by 1 Nov 2025. 👇🏼
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Thank you @sociologyoxford.bsky.social !
Welcome to @aksoyundan.bsky.social, who has joined us as Associate Professor in Sociology! 🎉
His research covers religious behaviour, cooperation and trust 🤝
Game theory, statistical and computational methods are amongst his research tools 💻🎲
www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/people/ozan-...
His research covers religious behaviour, cooperation and trust 🤝
Game theory, statistical and computational methods are amongst his research tools 💻🎲
www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/people/ozan-...
Ozan Aksoy
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September 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Thank you @sociologyoxford.bsky.social !
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🎉Big news! My ERCStG proposal SOCDEBT has been selected for funding @erc.europa.eu!
📚I’ll study how household debt is stratified across countries & over time; how people strategize, evaluate, and morally judge debt(ors).
🙏I'm truly indebted to all my friends, colleagues & mentors for your support!
📚I’ll study how household debt is stratified across countries & over time; how people strategize, evaluate, and morally judge debt(ors).
🙏I'm truly indebted to all my friends, colleagues & mentors for your support!
The new ERC Starting Grant - funded projects include:
✴️ redefining false memories
✴️ making artificial touch feel more natural and realistic
✴️ how aging reshapes human tissues
✴️ ADHD in adults vs childhood
✴️ how plants shield from excessive sun exposure
Discover more 👉 buff.ly/APfNmCK
✴️ redefining false memories
✴️ making artificial touch feel more natural and realistic
✴️ how aging reshapes human tissues
✴️ ADHD in adults vs childhood
✴️ how plants shield from excessive sun exposure
Discover more 👉 buff.ly/APfNmCK
September 4, 2025 at 10:21 AM
🎉Big news! My ERCStG proposal SOCDEBT has been selected for funding @erc.europa.eu!
📚I’ll study how household debt is stratified across countries & over time; how people strategize, evaluate, and morally judge debt(ors).
🙏I'm truly indebted to all my friends, colleagues & mentors for your support!
📚I’ll study how household debt is stratified across countries & over time; how people strategize, evaluate, and morally judge debt(ors).
🙏I'm truly indebted to all my friends, colleagues & mentors for your support!
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We're hiring in wonderful Copenhagen 🇩🇰
Two or more open rank sociology professorships (tt assistant, associate with tenure, or full prof with tenure).
You'll join a leading sociology department in Europe with many core fields represented!
#sociology
More 👇
jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
Two or more open rank sociology professorships (tt assistant, associate with tenure, or full prof with tenure).
You'll join a leading sociology department in Europe with many core fields represented!
#sociology
More 👇
jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
Call for two or more open-rank academic positions in Sociology
jobportal.ku.dk
September 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
We're hiring in wonderful Copenhagen 🇩🇰
Two or more open rank sociology professorships (tt assistant, associate with tenure, or full prof with tenure).
You'll join a leading sociology department in Europe with many core fields represented!
#sociology
More 👇
jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
Two or more open rank sociology professorships (tt assistant, associate with tenure, or full prof with tenure).
You'll join a leading sociology department in Europe with many core fields represented!
#sociology
More 👇
jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
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Bocconi University in Milan is hiring in sociology at any level (open rank). Ideal candidate might focus on inequality, social policy, computational, labor markets, or similar. Happy to answer questions about my time there for anyone considering applying. More details: jobmarket.unibocconi.eu
July 31, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Bocconi University in Milan is hiring in sociology at any level (open rank). Ideal candidate might focus on inequality, social policy, computational, labor markets, or similar. Happy to answer questions about my time there for anyone considering applying. More details: jobmarket.unibocconi.eu
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Ready to make plans for the academic year 2026/27? Why not visit us: www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/our-research...
Sociology Visitorships - Nuffield College Oxford University
The Nuffield College Sociology Group invites applications for a Visitorship at the College during the 2026-27 academic year (between early October 2026 and late June 2027).
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk
July 23, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Ready to make plans for the academic year 2026/27? Why not visit us: www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/our-research...
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⭐🎓The Department of Sociology in Vienna @univie.ac.at invites applications for a Tenure Track Professor in Sociology with focus on Quantitative Social Science Research Methods | #Sociology | quant methods
Apply here (17 Sept 25): jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...
Apply here (17 Sept 25): jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...
July 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
⭐🎓The Department of Sociology in Vienna @univie.ac.at invites applications for a Tenure Track Professor in Sociology with focus on Quantitative Social Science Research Methods | #Sociology | quant methods
Apply here (17 Sept 25): jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...
Apply here (17 Sept 25): jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...
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Goodbye to a real one. @aksoyundan.bsky.social mentored, collaborated, and somehow made difference-in-difference estimators funny. We’ll miss all three.
We had our farewell to @aksoyundan.bsky.social at UCL yesterday!
Ozan has been such a big part of our journey, from building our Quant Sociology group to being an incredible mentor and collaborator along the way.
We’ll miss his presence & humour a lot, but we’re excited to see what he does next 👀
Ozan has been such a big part of our journey, from building our Quant Sociology group to being an incredible mentor and collaborator along the way.
We’ll miss his presence & humour a lot, but we’re excited to see what he does next 👀
July 18, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Goodbye to a real one. @aksoyundan.bsky.social mentored, collaborated, and somehow made difference-in-difference estimators funny. We’ll miss all three.
It was hell of 9 years at now a world-leading place for (quant) social sciences and sociology. Forever grateful to my colleagues at @sriucl.bsky.social and we will remain in touch. 😓😓
We had our farewell to @aksoyundan.bsky.social at UCL yesterday!
Ozan has been such a big part of our journey, from building our Quant Sociology group to being an incredible mentor and collaborator along the way.
We’ll miss his presence & humour a lot, but we’re excited to see what he does next 👀
Ozan has been such a big part of our journey, from building our Quant Sociology group to being an incredible mentor and collaborator along the way.
We’ll miss his presence & humour a lot, but we’re excited to see what he does next 👀
July 18, 2025 at 7:15 AM
It was hell of 9 years at now a world-leading place for (quant) social sciences and sociology. Forever grateful to my colleagues at @sriucl.bsky.social and we will remain in touch. 😓😓